Software Engineer Backend Platform (Python)

Software Engineer Backend Platform

Company

Hex

Conditions

6 days agoLeadSalary: 198K - 295KNYC or Remote (US) Remote Backend Jobs by Hex

Hex AI analytics workspace where anyone can explore data with natural language, code, or no-code surfaces on trusted, governed context. Company intelligence Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026 San Francisco, CA About Hex Hex is an AI-native analytics workspace combining collaborative SQL/Python notebooks, interactive data apps, and AI agents (Notebook Agent, Context Studio) that answer data questions against governed semantic models. Founded in 2020 by Palantir alumni, Hex raised $70M (2025) and serves enterprise data teams including Reddit. View jobs by Hex

Skills

Api Aws Caching Ci/Cd Database Data Processing Data Warehousing Duckdb Graph Graphql Helm Jupyter Kubernetes Performance Optimization Postgres Python React Redis Redux Sql Systems Architecture Terraform Typescript

Candidate Availability

Onsite · NYC · Preferred Remote · New York City · Required NYC · Required Remote · United States · Required Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.

About the Role

You will build and maintain the core compute platform that powers code execution, SQL querying, and data processing. You will design APIs, optimize performance, develop caching and dependency systems, instrument complex applications, and contribute across backend data systems and the collaborative notebook interface.

Requirements

• 6+ years of engineering experience
• Expert-level understanding of Python
• Expert-level understanding of SQL
• Expert-level understanding of Jupyter kernels and/or data warehousing systems
• Knowledge of data processing, databases, and performant data architectures
• Experience working in a remote-first team
• Strong communication skills

Responsibilities

• Use DuckDB to enable interoperability between Python and SQL
• Build caching systems to accelerate customer data queries
• Implement graph-based dependency frameworks for execution plans
• Instrument multi-language systems to identify performance bottlenecks
• Build visualizations that explain code performance

Benefits

• Equity
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Flexible paid time off

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